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Michaela Strachan's Really Wild Adventures: A book of fun and factual animal rhymes (One Shot)

Michaela Strachan's Really Wild Adventures: A book of fun and factual animal rhymes (One Shot)

by Michaela Strachan (Author), SarahHorne (Illustrator)

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    Hardcover 2012

    $4.33
Synopsis

Take a really wild rhyming adventure with these wacky and wonderful poems from TV presenter Michaela Strachan. From trying to out spit a cobra to pulling out the tooth from a polar bear, join her on real-life animal rescues and daring challenges plus some guessing games in this action-packed cavalcade of raucous read-aloud rhymes, accompanied by Sarah Horne's vivid illustrations and great photos.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 32
 Publisher: Franklin Watts
Published: 13 Sep 2012
ISBN 10: 144511058X
ISBN 13: 9781445110585
Children’s book age: 5-7 Years
 Book Overview: A collection of fun but factual poems about animals by well-known natural history TV presenter, Michaela Strachan

Media Reviews
An engaging selection of fun, factual animal poems. Bookseller This collection of fun, factual poems, illustrated with a mix of artwork and photography, is a brilliant way of engaging younger children with the animal world. Children's Bookseller A book of fun and factual animal poems that will encourage children to recite. Carousel Fun and factual poems based on her real-life adventures with animals. Tales that are lovingly retold in informative and funny verse. Family Interest Each of the poem's in Michaela's Really Wild Adventures are based on her real-life encounters, ranging from carrying out dentistry on a Polar bear... to outspitting a cobra. Northants Telegraph
Author Bio
Sarah grew up in Derbyshire, mainly under a snow drift. She spent much of her childhood scampering in the nearby fields with a few goats. Then she decided to be sensible and studied Illustration at Falmouth College of Arts, graduating in 2001. She has illustrated for many different projects including an ad campaign for Kew Gardens entitled 'Plantastic Play'. She has also undertaken commission from The Guardian and The Independent newspapers. Sarah now specialises in funny, inky illustration and words for children's fiction and picture books. Sarah likes to paint on very big canvas. She loves funny detail, colour, music, dreams and big open spaces. Sarah now works from a studio on a hill in Forest Hill, London. Michaela Strachan is a well known TV presenter. She has been presenting since 1986 on a variety of programmes from The Wide Awake Club to The Hitman And Her, The Really Wild Show to Michaela's Wild Challenge, Elephant Diaires to Countryfile and many many more. She started off presenting children's programmes but these days is known as a wildlife presenter and has travelled all over the world filming animals and conservation projects. 'Michaela's Really Wild Adventures' is her 1st book and really has been an adventure to write! It is a book of fun and factual rhymes about her adventures whilst filming wildlife programmes. Some are funny, some are sad, some are very factual, some are quirky and some are bonkers! Michaela has a young son who loves children's books written in rhyme and she herself has always enjoyed children's rhyming books. Maybe this will be the first of many!